Cannabis
How will Missouri’s cannabis market change if the feds reschedule marijuana?
Missouri has won praise for having one of the nation’s most robust cannabis markets. But buzz about the president’s interest in relaxing federal marijuana restrictions is raising questions about the potential impact on that economic success. Last year in Missouri, a pound of wholesale marijuana sold for about $2,000 on average, according to the nation’s leading […]
Missouri cannabis regulators target rule breakers, predatory contracts
Missouri cannabis business owners who have had their license revoked for violating state rules could be prohibited from getting another license under proposed rules announced by state regulators last week. The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation released the draft of a massive overhaul of cannabis rules giving regulators more authority to address a range of […]
St. Louis County will revisit bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products in September
A final vote on a St. Louis County bill to regulate intoxicating hemp products stalled out Tuesday night after about a dozen business owners and lobbyists opposed it at the county council meeting. The bill’s sponsor, St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, told The Independent on Wednesday morning that she plans on revisiting the bill’s […]
Missouri Supreme Court rules local governments can’t stack marijuana sales taxes
Cities and counties are not allowed to stack sales taxes on marijuana products, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. In a 6-1 decision, the state’s highest court concluded the 2022 constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana limits the definition of “local government” to allow only one municipality to impose a 3% sales tax — […]
Missouri cannabis testing director details new random product sampling
The head of Missouri’s cannabis testing unit said the new unannounced visits to collect product samples shouldn’t impact business, in a podcast by the Missouri Cannabis Regulation Division. “This is going to be just another arm of compliance, guys,” said Ryan Bernard, the division’s testing and research unit manager. “So keep this business as usual […]
Missouri works to retroactively complete 16,000 cannabis employee fingerprint background checks
Missouri cannabis regulators say they’re halfway through getting fingerprint background checks for about 16,000 marijuana workers and volunteers who didn’t get them between 2022 and 2024. Anyone who wants to work in the cannabis industry must get an “agent ID badge” through the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, which is when the background check normally […]
Missouri regulators revoke license of Springfield marijuana manufacturer
A Springfield marijuana manufacturer central to Missouri’s largest cannabis product recall last year had its license revoked Thursday. State regulators found the company, C&C Manufacturing LLC, created a distillate — or THC concentrate that produces a high in edibles and vape pens — using unregulated THC. Other manufacturers statewide bought the distillate and used it […]
War between intoxicating hemp and marijuana industries resumes in St. Louis
When St. Louis Alderman Shane Cohn filed legislation last year to regulate intoxicating hemp products, he didn’t hear much about it from local residents or leaders of the fast-growing industry. “I did not get one call, email, etc., when I introduced this last session,” Cohn said, a Democrat who represents a southern portion of St. […]
The six-year saga of two cannabis facility licenses
A Kansas City man spent his weekends in Cole County jail in June, after pleading guilty last year to two misdemeanor charges for submitting fraudulent documents to cannabis regulators in 2021 to obtain a marijuana cultivation license. It’s a license his company still holds, according to the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, along with a […]
Missouri selects NY-based consulting firm to study marijuana market
New York-based Cannabis Public Policy Consulting LLC was awarded a contract this month to study Missouri’s marijuana market for the next year. The group’s $238,700 contract to conduct an economic-impact study will help the state determine “whether or when the state will be required to issue additional cannabis facility licenses and, if so, how many, […]
Cannabis advocates question Missouri policy on medical marijuana patients’ buying rights
Cannabis advocacy organizations are sounding the alarm about guidance from state regulators limiting how much medical marijuana patients can purchase from licensed dispensaries. By law, dispensaries are required to track how much medical marijuana patients buy so they don’t exceed their limit. According to a FAQ that was added earlier this year to the website […]
Hemp industry leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis through initiative petition
A group of Missouri hemp business leaders are organizing an initiative petition to allow marijuana and intoxicating hemp THC products to be sold in the same stores as alcohol and tobacco. The goal of the effort, led by Kansas-City-based hemp business American Shaman and announced on an industry call Monday, is to repeal the 41-page […]